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Poliferno<br />

In brev’hora<br />

Potrai à luci aperte<br />

Vagheggiar non veduto,<br />

L’adorato sembiante<br />

Della bella Regnante<br />

Qui dalla bocca del Fantasma si forma gran Voragine in<br />

Aria.<br />

Creonte<br />

Che veggio?<br />

Poliferno<br />

À noi s’appresta<br />

Frà quelle fauci incognita la via:<br />

Movi sicuro il passo, e là t’invia.<br />

Creonte<br />

Anderei n nell’Inferno,<br />

Per mirar Volto si vago.<br />

Se più gr<strong>and</strong>e il Foco interno<br />

Desta in me la bella immago<br />

Anderei, &c.<br />

Entra nella Voragine.<br />

Scena XX.<br />

Poliferno.<br />

Oh di Lico infelice<br />

Infelice Consorte, à me Germana,<br />

Dirce, Dirce deh sorgi;<br />

E in Ombra almeno scorgi,<br />

Che se Vittima altera<br />

Col tuo sposo Regnante al Piè cadesti<br />

Del superbo Anone;<br />

A vendicar d’entrambi<br />

L’ingiurioso Fato,<br />

Provoca Poliferno<br />

Tessaglia all’Armi, & à battaglia Averno.<br />

Fiera Aletto<br />

Del mio Petto<br />

Non cessar di mover guerra.<br />

Holocausti più devoti<br />

T’offrirò, s’hoggi a’ miei voti,<br />

Rè tiran da tè s’atterra<br />

Fiera, &c.<br />

Entra nella Voragine, la quale si chiude profond<strong>and</strong>osi.<br />

Poliferno<br />

Shortly<br />

You shall be able, with open eyes,<br />

To enjoy unseen<br />

The beloved face<br />

Of the beautiful Queen.<br />

f e s t i va l o p e ra<br />

Here from the mouth of the Ghost a great Abyss forms<br />

in the Air.<br />

Creonte<br />

What do I see?<br />

Poliferno<br />

The secret way<br />

Is ready for us between these jaws:<br />

Go with confidence, <strong>and</strong> there you shall be led.<br />

Creonte<br />

I would go even to Hell<br />

To gaze on a Face so charming.<br />

For her lovely image<br />

Has awakened greater inner Fires in me.<br />

I would go, etc.<br />

He enters the Abyss.<br />

Scene XX<br />

Poliferno.<br />

O, my Sister, unhappy Lycus’s<br />

Unhappy Consort,<br />

Dirke, † Dirke, ah, arise,<br />

And although a shade, take note<br />

That though you fell a proud Victim<br />

With your Royal spouse at the Foot<br />

Of haughty Anfione,<br />

To avenge your<br />

Unjust Fates,<br />

Poliferno Provokes<br />

Thebes to arms, <strong>and</strong> Hell to battle.<br />

Proud Alecto, †<br />

In my breast<br />

Do not cease to make war.<br />

I shall offer you devout sacrifices<br />

If today, as I pray,<br />

The tyrant king falls to you.<br />

Proud Alecto, etc.<br />

He enters the abyss, which encloses him in the deep.<br />

† See glossary of terms, pages 210–211<br />

173<br />

2 0 1 1 b o s t o n e a r l y m u s i c f e s t i v a l<br />

NIOBE, REGINA DI TEBE

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